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300 Mo. 76

254 S.W 85

State Ex Rel. Phillips v. Barton

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 28, 1923

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1923-07-28

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Decided 1923-07-28

How this case has been cited

Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently October 1993 · most notably State Ex Rel. Reed v. Harris (1941), State Ex Rel. Siegel v. Strother (1956)

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WOODSON', C. J.

¶1 (dissenting). — I dissent from the majority opinion for the reason that, even though Gaines, the former county clerk, did not make a return to the circuit court of his recount which he made in persuance to the writ issued by the clerk of the circuit court commanding him to recount the ballots, that is no justification for the order to be reissued for a second recount '

¶2 The remedy in such a course was clearly a mandamus against Gaines, the former county clerk. When Gaines recounted the vote, whether he made his return to the *92 writ commanding him to do so or not, he exhausted his or his successor’s ¡authority to recount a second time. If that recount can be made twice, why not three or any other number of times'?' I dissent.

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